By : Honore de Balzac 0 Likes
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
By : Honore de Balzac
The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.
By : Honore de Balzac
Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
By : Honore de Balzac
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
By : Honore de Balzac
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
By : Honore de Balzac
Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.
By : Honore de Balzac
The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
By : Honore de Balzac